Transportation Then and Now

Students analyze primary and secondary sources to investigate transportation and methods for preserving the past. They view photos, create a transportation collage, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of increased speed of...

Learners analyze a historic photograph which shows them many varieties of transportation in Denver, Colorado from the early 20th century. Pupils identify the many differences in the modes of transportation in the photograph compared to...

Students research various modes of transportation in order to comprehend the current trends and challenges that face the Colorado area. They take the information and convert it into a presentation.

In this transportation worksheet, students compare and contrast how people traveled long ago to how we travel now. They write a paragraph explaining their ideas.

Students write a short story illustrating the past and imaging the future in transportation. For this transportation lesson plan, students explore artifacts that have to do with transportation in the past in Chicago.

Compare and contrast how transportation has changed throughout the years. This image-driven slide show depicts a variety of advances in transportation. Covered wagons, coaches, trolley cars, boats, and bikes are shown as they were in the...

Planes, trains, cars, feet, boats, buses, and bikes. Sing along with a music video and watch hand-drawn animation that highlights modes of transportation. 

This is both a great idea and a great way to help your class organize a themed project. They use these worksheets to assist them in writing a creative historical narrative about the life and travels of an explorer. They'll compare and...

Students use picture book content and personal experience to compare and contrast life in the early 20th century with life in the 21st century. In this U.S. history lesson, students listen to the book Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt...

Learners identify various forms of eighteenth-century travel and make generalizations about the people that utilized eighteenth-century modes of transportation.